Someone writes: What do we have in the Garden of
Eden.
A man and a woman created from the dust of the earth.Not as we know them - we have a man and a woman created in the image of God (who is spirit and who is righteous and holy) to living in a flesh and blood body created from the dust of the earth & animated by the breath of life.They were created mortal beings and used (I assume) the Tree of Life to continue to live.Why would a God of life create mortal beings; they were in His image and He is eternal. Death did not become anissue until the day they ate from the wrong tree and caused God to fulfill His promise to Adam.They were not expelled from the Garden because of their sin - rather because they might [continue] to eat of the Tree of Life.They were expelled from the garden because of Eve's deception and Adam's choice which was sin.There is no reason to assume that they were less selfish, conceited and so on that any of us. But according to OT thinking, these were not sin. Their story is the account of the first transgression of law.According to the mind of Christ/God's thinking selfishness, pride and conceit are definitely sin. OT thinking isbasically fallen. Sin is lawlesness or transgression of the law (1 John 3:4)Perhaps, in their story we have the beginnings of a Divine Contrast between Law and Grace. A whole history of mankind under law contrasted with the history of Grace always realizing, of course, that the gracious God is seen everywhere in the OT writings.Who is she?? I see mercy triumphing over judgment.They were not the only ones created - just the first ones......the first of the Chosen People of God.Cain was afraid that he would be killed by others. What others? There were whole cities in the days of Adam,Cain and Seth.I guess so since Adam lived abt 960yrs there is time for a lot to go on during his lifetime.So we not only have the first of God's creation, we have the first of the Chosen People of God. JDNot hardly - Just a few generations down the line God wiped out all but eight people and started over.
